Sabi nga nang ulat ni Kapitana, matindi ang labanan ni Mar at ni Binay, ayan tuloy, nagsabunutan ang mga supporters. Alam naman niyo saaten, dibdib masyado nang tao ang eleksyon. Kaya heto ang patunay na ang mga supporters ni Mar at ni Binay ay nagsabunuta daw.

Naku hindi po totoo yun, hindi po sila mga supporter ng kahit na sinung kandidato, at hindi rin po yan pugad ng ibon. Yan po ang in na in na hairstyle dito sa paligid ko.
Parang masyado lang kasi nakala stress itong nagdaang eleksyon na hanggang …

By: Reyna Elena
I’m tired of elections. Kaya it’s time for world peace.
Meron pa naman akong i-ilan na boylets na natitira. Yong iba, isinumpa na ako mula nung nalaman na ako’y isang yellow fairy godmother. They moved at nag-iba na nang bahay. And none of them told me where.
Boylet number 1 is for Villar. Sya yung mega-ask nang pan-tricycle worth taxi fare papunta sa polling precinct na pwede namang lakarin. Binili ko ang boto nya. Kaya lang wala akong internal control systems kung talagang si Noynoy nga ang binoto nang mokong. …

Normally, napakahirap tumawid sa mga kalsada ng tagaytay dahil sa dami ng mga humaharurot na sasakyan pero kakaiba ang araw ngayon – halos walang dumadaang sasakyan sa mga kalsada.

Siguro e na-trap lang ang mga tao sa loob ng mga voting precints.

Pasado alas-10 na ng makarating kami sa voting precint sa barangay namin dahil magtitinda pa ko ng halo-halo. Maiinit na ang ulo ng mga nakapila dahil bago pa mag-ala sais sila nakapila dun pero di parin sila nakakaboto.
Box office ang tinda kong halo-halo kaya pasado alas kwatro na nung makapag-usisa …

By Sylvia L. Mayuga
(Article in the week’s issue of Graphic Magazine)

You don’t meet generals in prison everyday. Danilo Lim in a handful of Filipino West Point graduates is a rare bird turning 55 in prison this June.
It’s curious: the first Filipino graduate of that US Military Academy back in 1914 was also surnamed Lim – Vicente from Calamba, Laguna, apparently no relation to Danny from Solano, Nueva Vizcaya. After Vicente Lim got back to the Philippines, Gen. Douglas MacArthur made him his right hand in the nascent Philippine Army at …

By: Yoying Pimentel
(Translated from its original Tagalog-Bicol version. Pulled from Sylvia Morningstar’s FB)

Good afternoon to you all, good afternoon to my Barangay Captain who is present today.
Greetings and congratulations to all the parents who for years have balanced their limited budget, reduced the food on their tables and looked away from a new t-shirt they badly needed – just so they could be here today – to see their child graduate from high school.
I would also like to greet the honorable teachers who tirelessly walked under the simmering sun and …

Mainit ba ang panahon? Banas na ba kayo sa rolling brownouts? Mataas na bill sa koryente? Pwes, mas lalong iinit ang ulo nyo dahil sa bagong pinalabas na anunsyo nang Meralco. An sabi sa bandillo:
“A double whammy is hitting customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco)—brownouts and higher power rates. Customers of Meralco, the country’s biggest power distributor, will have to bear an additional burden of P1.20 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) starting this month, due largely to the huge spike in the cost of power it buys from suppliers. This means that …

This was forwarded to me and I have no clue who to give credits to. But I would like to share this to you all.

Take note, nakasapatos ang mga tao, walang maka tsinelas kahit sa Avenida. Just sharing…sayang mga iba hindi inabutan. Super linis at discipline ang mga tao. Wala pang naka maong.
Old Manila
The environment was still very clean. Very little wires hanging from posts. I still remember Mackay Radio and La Estrella del Norte where my parents would shop. Based on the Oldsmobiles, Studebakers, Buicks & Pontiacs, I must …

Do you know that even the Pope believes that condom use for people in Africa would make the fight against HIV and AIDS worse?
You see, the policy of the Roman Catholic church is the encouragement of sexual abstinence and fidelity. This way, you prevent the disease from spreading. Ganun lang. And yes, the Filipinos have pretty much practiced abstinence every… let’s see… I don’t know, 25 seconds?!
Let’s listen to Winnie Monsod.
Why the big fuss about condoms?
By Winnie Monsod

…as Johns Hopkins says, “Still, some use is better than none,” and …

This all started when I wrote this blog entry: My Legazpi City. I would ran across the multiply blog of this Bicolano blogger. Since then, I would meet a number of fellow Uragons on Facebook and I have to thank these guys for all the work in promoting our beautiful city in Bicol, Legazpi City. Dex Baldon has been at the forefront with his Legazpi City Facebook and Wow Legazpi and another person who I still don’t know behind Gayon Bicol.There’s also Pading Romy, who has been hilariously pulling …

After about 4 blizzards, average 28 inches of snow, followed by 4 days of continuing and unrelenting rain, finally we had a beautiful day. Tamang-tama, kasag-sagan nang internet bullying, hate and vilification campaign to Reyna Elena sa Pinoy Blogosphere. So, mon ami et moi decided to drive somewhere.
We went to Atlantic City but decided to take the local roads. Wala lang. What would typically take 2.0 hours from Delaware to Atlantic City, it took us about 3 or more hours. Why? We discovered other alternative driving route destination, read: …

Mainit ang labanan sa Gordon Avenue, kaya as it is usual in the Barrio, break muna tayo.

I am brittle and vulnerable too.

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Life in the barrio B.C., that’s boring community, is truly boring. Only the sons, daughters and friendsters of the politicos move up to taste barbecue. Us, los indios have no futuro. Some of my relatives died of kamote overdose. Us the survivors, have to work twice as hard and haw-haw de carabao to even smell pugak pugak de tambutso in the city. Now, that’s a big deal when you go back to the Barrio. In fact, it’s a must that you carry one lata of biskwet. Ave Maria, I never …

Hello mga ka-barrio, Happy Valentine’s Day sa inyo!
At syempre, dahil sa araw ng mga puso ngayon – time out muna tayo sa politics mga ka-barrio! Let’s take a breather and have some fun with the Pinoy cheesiest quotes I found online.
1. Minamalat na naman ang puso ko. Paano kasi, laging sinisigaw ang pangalan mo..
2. Ikaw ba may-ari ng Crayola?? Ikaw kasi nagbibigay ng kulay sa buhay ko..
3. Can I take your picture? I want to show Santa kasi exactly what I want for Christmas!
4. Exam ka …

Writer’s block is a condition, associated with writing as a profession, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work. The condition varies widely in intensity. It can be trivial, a temporary difficulty in dealing with the task in hand. At the other extreme, some “blocked” writers have been unable to work for years on end, and some have even abandoned their careers.. iyan ay ayon kay Mr Wiki (kung may iba ka pang alam na meaning, paskil mo sa comment section ha)
But what if a blogger loses …

They’re no longer tracking the US economic growth. Look here, it’s so bad, they’re now tracking the US unemployment rate.

Source: CNN
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Alam kong madalas niyong mabasa ang katagang “chorvaloo” dito sa Barrio at malimit niyo rin itong marinig mula sa bunganga ng aming sangkapatiran pati na rin sa mga babae (at lalake?) na feeling miyembro na rin ng aming federacion.
Kung interesado kayong malaman ang history ng napaka-influential na salitang ito, continue reading this post.
Kung hindi niyo naman feel na malaman kung bakit may ganitong salita, ay huwag niyo nang ipagpatuloy ang pagbabasa at baka ito pa ang maging dahilan ng high blood niyo. Charing!
Disclaimer: Ang sumusunod na mga talata ay base …

Photo Credits: Here
Repost to mga kabarrio mula sa palasyo para naman sa mga nag-babalak na ibahay na ako sa Manila.
Think about this. Dati, there’s about 10% of the Philippine population outside of the country nag-ta-trabaho. Ngayon? Mas marami pa! Wala kasing lecheng trabaho saten noh? As usual, the ritual goes na we all send money back home, konting ipon and hope na makabili tayo nang palasyo. But, let’s admit it. Mahirap. We not only have to deal with the high cost of living kung saan mang lupalop tayo naka-base to …

Simbang Gabi 2009
One of my favorite festivities growing up in the Philippines is the Simbang Gabi (Misa de Gallo or Advent Pre-Dawn Mass), a nine-day day novena leading up to the Christmas Eve Mass representing Mary’s wait for the birth of Jesus. I remember being awaken by musical bands, carolers, church bells, fireworks, and bright Christmas lights and parols. After mass, we would stop at food stalls in the churchyard for Christmas treats such as hot ginger tea and a variety of rice and coconut cakes like the puto bungbong …

The following phone conversation took place on December 25, 2004, Christmas Day.
Nanay Luisa (Novaliches, Philippines): Hello anak?
Tracy (Phuket, Thailand): Hello Nay, Merry Christmas po!
Nanay Luisa: Tracy anak, Merry Christmas din sa’yo. Kamusta ka naman diyan?
Tracy: Okay lang ako Nay. Medyo busy nga dito sa resort eh dahil marami kaming bisita ngayon. Andaming foreigners Nay. Kakatuwa ang mga batang Amerikano, ang kukulet namiss ko tuloy ang mga pamangkin ko. Ikaw Nay, kamusta ang Pasko sa atin?
Nanay Luisa: Mabuti naman anak at nag-eenjoy ka rin diyan kahit nasa malayo ka. Naku, …

Happy Birthday!
OMG, how old Ka na nga ba, gosh, You’re so old na noh. You are like forever years old. Kamusta Ka naman diyan? Well, if You ask me, I had a wonderful year salamat sa’Yo. So far, so good and kahit na struggling sa buhay at least maganda pa rin and I thank You for that.
Alam Mo, marami akong sasabihin sa Iyo.
Una sa lahat, I want to thank You for everything. Oo, for everything kabilang na ang mga trials and problems. Kasi naman it made me stronger and a …

Litraks harbat here.
Okay fine! Hindi nga ako kapamilya, pero in fairness, ayos itong christmas song nila. I must admit, this song plays the whole day sa aking kelvinator laptop. Hahahha.
O siya tama na muna ang barilan, saksakan, batuhan at basagan ng bote sa barrio. Enjoy nyo muna ang tune na ito. Hahahha.

Merry Christmas peeps!

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Yes, while Turtle Island was sold, another family moved to a remote island to guard it.
Read about it here: He moved his family to a 1-hectare remote island to guard the island
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Are you in touch with the issues in Copenhagen? YOU SHOULD. It’s called Ondoy and Peping. Who knows, maybe Mayon Volcano? Or what about losing Cebu to climate change because it will sink and be gone forever?
Do something! Kahit man lang mag-tapon nang basura nang matino.

Copenhagen does a Comelec
Exclusion of a hardliner

The most stunning omission was Muller, who has more than 20 years of negotiating experience and has become famous in climate change circles for her hard-line stance towards rich countries, hence her nickname, mentioned with grudging respect by Western …

In today’s Inquirer headline. Many thanks to these guys behind the Legazpi City Facebook!

I have experienced Mayon Volcano’s eruption a number of times in the past. I remember, I was still living inside the Aquinas dormitory when it started spewing some ashes and letting out some magma. Eto yong Daragang Magayon Hall nang Aquinas.

I guess, I was being evicted from Legazpi City then hehehe! Parusahan ba ako hehehe, nakahiligan ko na kasing painumin ang Theology Professor ko nun hehehe maka-alpas lang sa 21 units of Theology! Charing hehe! Ano …

Matapos ng ilang video sa youtube na panonood kay Lourd De Veyra ay muli akong nanumbalik para mag-sulat. Parang paala-ala sa akin na gamitin ang pagsusulat for social good. 
History repeats itself and here we are at crossroads again. Philippines has been a country of colonizers from Spaniards to Americans to Japanese to Americans to Japanese and now… KOREANS!
Have we been prostituting again and a new breed of aliens maintaining a stronghold in our country again? economically and demographically…
 Haven’t we thought about our sovereignty  and patriotism? Self-reliance??
I just came back from Philippines with some …